Formosa policy shifts and Sino American defense talks
The report notes 1951 policy moves on Formosa with a large U S staff advisory presence and $70 million in arms proposed for Formosa. Bradley warns against occupying Formosa with U S forces, while cautioning about enemy control affecting U S defense. Rusk and Acheson critique Communist China as a foreign power subservient to Russia.
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Formosa
Acheson
Chiang
Robert A. Lovett
Western Europe
U. S
Congress
Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senaators
Rusk
China
Russia
National Press Club
Washington
Moscow
Soviet Union
Outer Mongolia
Mancheria
U.S. Policy on Chiang and Formosa Reexamined
The State Department denies policy change on involvement in the Chinese civil war despite Dean Rusk’s New York speech. Acheson’s 1949 White Paper criticized Nationalists, noting their disintegration and loss of will to fight, with Truman in 1950 ruling out military aid to Formosa unless needed. Reports later suggested arms shipments to Chiang forces continued.
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China
State Department
United States
Dean Rusk
New York
Sen. Taft
Rusk
MacArthur
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
Dean Acheson
U. S
Quiz answers and a Washington marriage notice
A reader quiz promises memory gains with 10 questions spanning history literature and geography. The item includes a 1938 marriage report: Mrs Ruth McCormick Miller, former editor of the Washington Times Herald, wed Garvin B. Tankersley, former assistant managing editor.
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Washington
Ruth McCormick Miller
Washington Times-Herald
Garvin B. Tankersley
Erie county events mark Memorial Day and sports notes
Twenty years ago from journal files June 1 1931 cover Erie county affairs. The Erie Sabbath School Association opened its 65th annual convention at First Baptist Church with Rev G A Blackmore leading services. Memorial Day exercises at Cuy Park honored 346 veterans with Judge William E Hirt delivering a peace filled address. Corry Merchants defeated Wesleyville 14 to 1 at the Fair Grounds behind Babe Haenel strong pitching and timely hitting. Patrolman Brown Flanagan and Ruppersburg confiscated beer cases and a 25 gallon crock during a Memorial Day home visit to a North Cory resident.
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Erie County Sabbath School Association
First Baptist Church
G. A. Blackmore
Party of
Erie
Corry
Cuy Park
William E. Hirt
Court of Common Pleas
Erie County
Haenel
Corry Merchants
Wesleyville
Fair Grounds
Trig Suburban
Brown
Flanagan
Ruppersburg
North Cory
Poisonous Fumes Kill 3 In Family in Shamokin
In Shamokin Pennsylvania on June 1 a coal furnace carbon monoxide leak killed three members of the Randall family including Samuel Randall 54 supervisor at the Olan Dress Company his wife Anne 42 and their son Ranald 9. The bodies were found in the boy’s bedroom with pets also dead. Police attributed the deaths to fumes from the cellar furnace and noted a possible small brewery at the home.
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Shamokin
Furnace Killed & Garment Plant
Myron F. Reese
Samuel Randall
Olan Dress Company
Rasedall
Anne
Ranald
Reese
Randall
Erie Man Linked to Theft of Freezers
Erie June 1 Police tied Robert R. Burns a 32 year old Erie truck driver to the theft and sale of freezers and a refrigerator from W A Case and Son Mfg Co. The haul now totals four freezers and two refrigerators valued at $2,500. Burns is held without bond with a further hearing set for June 6 at 10 am.
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Erie
Poulce
Robert R. Burns
W. A. Case & Son Mfg. Co
Burns S
George J. Wochner
Burns Aetiques
George Brabender
Gospel Singer Robert Dann to Headline Sparta Church Program
Rev. Robert Dann, a nationally known baritone gospel singer, will perform at the Gospel Tabernacle in Spartansburg Sunday evening. The 8 o'clock program will feature Mrs. Marion Alsdorf as accompanist. Dann trained in Europe and America, sang in concerts and radio, and debuted operatically in 1934 after a Europe tour in 1930.
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Sparta
Robert Dann
Gospel Tabernacle
Spartansburg
Marion Alsdorf
Dann
Europe
America
New York
New England
Sacred concert tour by Mr Dann with spirituals
Mr Dann tours exclusively in sacred concert feld presenting sacred songs with simplicity. His past engagements praise his spiritual programs featuring hymns and spirituals. He will preface the program with a brief introduction.
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Dann
Smyth Confirmed for Five-Year Atomic Energy Post
Washington June 1 The Senate confirmed the reappointment of Henry De Wolf Smyth of New Jersey to a five year term on the Atomic Energy Commission.
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Smyth
Washington
Senate
Henry de Wolf Smyth
New Jersey
Atomic Energy Commission
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